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It's hard to make a direct comparison because they're trying to do different things. God of War and Spider-Man were released on PC 4 years after their console versions.

As someone who's looking forward to both new Elder Scrolls and Spider-Man 2, I've only considered buying a console for the second: I'll just update my PC for the first.

just for your information es6 wont be out for 5+ years

Yeah, but that just proves my point further: having more exclusives only matters to the point that the exclusives drum up interest; which for my household won't happen with Microsoft for another 5+ years unless they get a surprise in there.

Both PlayStation and Xbox have some really hard hitting exclusives comparable to the Elder Scrolls series, but my intention was not to start a pissing contest of who has the most or the best.

It is not exactly a pissing contest. The point is that Microsoft bought Bethesda, so theoretically they can make it exclusive to Xbox and start using it as a leverage. I question "comparable" here. The available data suggests they really are not.

I feel they are different genres. The former 2 are cinematic games. The latter is a huge RPG.